A rapid heating and high magnetic field thermal analysis technique

Michael S. Kesler, Michael A. McGuire, Ben Conner, Orlando Rios, Bart Murphy, William Carter, Hunter B. Henderson, Gerard M. Ludtka, Roger A. Kisner

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Abstract

A new thermal analysis technique is described that allows measurements to be performed on bulk samples at extreme heating and cooling rates and in high magnetic fields. High heating rates, up to 1000 °C min−1, are achieved through electromagnetic induction heating of a custom-built apparatus fitted with commercial thermal analysis heads and sensor. Rapid cooling rates, up to 100 °C min−1, are enabled by gas quenching and the small thermal mass of the induction furnace. The custom apparatus is designed to fit inside a superconducting magnet capable of fields up to 9 Tesla. This study demonstrates that the instrument is capable of collecting accurate thermal analysis data in high magnetic fields and rapidly acquiring data for dynamic processes. While the full potential of the technique is still unrealized, currently, it can provide insight into phenomena at time scales relevant to heat treatment in many industrial processes and into little understood effects of high magnetic field processing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7449-7457
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume147
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2022

Funding

This work is supported by the Critical Materials Institute, an Energy Innovation Hub funded by and performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 and at by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Keywords

  • Static magnetic field
  • Thermal analysis
  • Thermomagnetic processing
  • Transformation kinetics

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